YWCA to honor Women of Excellence on Tuesday

Friday

The YWCA will honor this year’s Women of Excellence during a reception and dinner program beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

The YWCA will honor this year’s Women of Excellence during a reception and dinner program beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

Each year, women are chosen for special recognition based on their contributions as leaders and innovators in the community.

Tickets to the event are $50 each or $400 for tables of eight, and are available by calling 632-6427 today.

This year’s award recipients, with their award categories follow.

- Bonnie J. Aycock — Arts and Culture Award. She has served as a board member for the Lubbock Cultural Affairs Council/Lubbock Arts Alliance, and helped establish the Lubbock Arts Festival.

- Sharon Hyde Bass — YWCA Special Achievement Award. She has served as executive director of the Volunteer Center of Lubbock since 2002. Annually, the center supports the efforts of more than 30,000 volunteers.

- Billie J. Caviel — Business Award. She studied pharmacy at Texas Southern University, and moved to Lubbock in 1957 with her husband, Alfred. They began working as pharmacists for Triple S Drugs.

- Mary K. Crites — Professional Award. A registered architect, she heads the Higher Education Sector for Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, and can be seen often on the campuses of local and area universities and hospitals.

- Grace Hernandez — Education and Religion Award. She is chief of staff for the president of Texas Tech, oversees the university’s Human Resources Department, and serves on the Assessment Council.

- Betsy Goebel Jones — Science and Medicine Award. She serves as regional director for the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health in the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, and is an associate professor.

- Nancy M. Koenig — Government Award. She is the U.S. magistrate judge for the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division, and conducts up to a dozen naturalization ceremonies each year.

- Vickie Russell — Human Services Award. In her work at the Children’s Home of Lubbock since 1990, she has helped place children in foster homes, and has facilitated adoption of children with special needs.

-Jade C. Shank — Youth Leadership Award. She is a senior at Monterey High School, and has been concurrently enrolled at South Plains College. She served as junior class president and is a cheerleader.

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